FEATURE REQUEST: The ability to disable all metadata tagging within foobar

With the release of 1.1.12, the developers have seen fit to implement a new way of handling custom TXXX frames within foobar that borks them everywhere else. Frames with the same name are now renamed by appending [1],[2],[3], etc. which makes them essentially different tags and no longer able to be used as intended outside of foobar. (Maybe inside too, idk, I did a separate portable install of 1.1.12 to investigate beforehand. At least the changes were vaguely referenced in the changelog.)

Also, multiple TCON frames (genre) are now joined into one frame and separated by a "/" with no spaces. This isn't so bad if you don't already utilize forward slashes within your genres, but if you do, guess what...

Oh and using the replaygain scanner on your files will alter your tags and change them as mentioned above.

So, how about it developers? Will give give us the means to disable your ability to manipulate our files according to your whims? What you've done isn't part of the id3v2.3 standard. I've been trying to understand the tagging in foobar, but it's just impossible. On one hand there's this almost strict adherence to specifications no one else abides by, while on the other hand, there are deviations from the standard implemented that conflict with the other deviations other software/hardware developers have implemented. If foobar's tagging were a person, it'd be simultaneously OCD and schizotypal. I wish someone could explain the reasoning behind this change. Was there an angry mob clamoring for it? If so, it's not apparent in the forums.

@PeterFirst had to do some research as i did not know what TCON or TXXX is. I found this old ID3v2.4 wiki that helped a bit:

If i understand correctly, all other (custom) tags are TXXX?But what does "no multiple TXXX frames with the same description" mean?Does it result in no more support for multivalued custom tags as of 1.1.12a?(or am i too confused to understand? in that case you can ignore the following but please explain 'same desciption': )

Assuming my assumptions are correct:1- TCON is fine for me, GENRE has always been a single value in my tags. (But i use multivalue TXXX frames for STYLE and CATEGORY)2- I only use foobar. It perfectly fits all my audio needs since 0.8.3. (Ripping, tagging, managment, administration and playback, kudo's to you for this wonderfull piece of software.) If i should use anything else i would be happy to see other applications recognize the standard fields mentioned in the wiki above. My TXXX frames are rather foobar specific i don't need them anywhere else.3- If TXXX really is the custom part in TAGS, it should be as flexible as possible. If a user defines them in Advanced>Display>Properties dialog>Multivalue fields they should be treated as such. I have a bunch of multivalued TAGS like _ARTIST_GROUPS, _ARTIST_MEMBERS, _ARTIST_FEATURING, _ARTIST_REMIX... (and a lot more).